Eleanor Holmes Norton

We have heard a lot about crime in D.C., so I think it is fair to ask: How do the Revised Criminal Code Act penalties compare to the penalties in the States, the States represented in this House? I will cite a few examples from Kentucky…

I thank my friend for yielding. I strongly oppose this undemocratic, paternalistic resolution. There is only one question before this House. The question is: Do you believe in democracy? More specifically: Should the District of Columbia's…

I thank my friend for yielding the time because I have something important to say and to put into the Record. Forty States have permitted noncitizens to vote at various points. One of them is the State of the gentlewoman who has just…

Are you concerned that the use of this language will continue to incite and legitimize political violence leading to the next election?

I must say those are very real consequences. By legitimizing unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about the deep state, Big Tech, and government censorship for political gain, Committee Republicans are holding a match to a powder keg.

Like Benghazi before, Republicans are on a taxpayer-funded expedition to attack their political rivals, and they are feeding the flames of conspiracy in the process.

I thank my friend for yielding. I strongly oppose this rule. This rule would allow the House to consider two resolutions that would nullify two bills recently enacted by the District of Columbia's local legislature, the D.C. Council. These…

My friends on the other side often demonize migrants who are attempting to cross the southern border. They call it an invasion. I don't think such rhetoric is worthy of Members of Congress.

All this rhetoric does is fan the flames. Migrants are increasingly dehumanized as a direct result of Republicans' xenophobic rhetoric.

Democrats provided the Department of Labor inspector general $25 million in the American Rescue Plan to combat fraud and corruption.

this is merely a courtesy. So, I support the Ranking Member's change so that, as a courtesy, any member could be waived on.

I think this is a fail-safe amendment that would be important for both sides to have in their pocket.

I support this amendment. Again, I call to the attention of the committee that the Congress is evenly divided.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank Chair Graves and Ranking Member Larsen for bringing this important bill to the floor. This bill would revoke the independent real estate leasing authority of the Securities and Exchange…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me more time. By July 2019, GSA had received final bids, resolved all protests, and even selected a final bidder. A month later, the SEC canceled the occupancy agreement, citing concerns about the value…

These rules are a gratuitous attack on already limited rights of D.C. residents. Our residents have all the obligations of citizenship, including paying all Federal taxes, but are denied voting rights in Congress and full local…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. May I also applaud the extraordinary role you have played as chair on this committee.

I'm proud that since Democrats took the House four years ago, we have advanced critical legislation to protect and expand the rights of the LGBT community to live their own authentic lives.

Statehood, of course, is the only way to ensure D.C.'s laws are not undemocratically overturned.

The rights of LGBTQ District of Columbia residents are particularly at risk with House Republicans in the majority.

The mass shootings and recent attacks in El Paso, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, killed a combined 33 people after posting racist manifestos, citing their belief in White replacement theory.

I urge passage of H.R. 5349, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House suspend the rules and pass…

I urge concurrence in the Senate amendment to H.R. 7535, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House…

I urge passage of H.R. 8665, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House suspend the rules and pass…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5349, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S-38-211 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the J.I…